2016-06-06

At 2 pm of June 6^th, 2016, Chairman ZHANG Yi headed the Delegation to attend China’s Scientific Industry and Financial Innovation Seminar which was co-organized by ECMDC. Mr. Henrich Guntermann, CEO of European Consortium of Technology Transfer was invited to give the keynote speech.

China’s Scientific Industry 4.0 and Financial Innovation Seminar is organized by China Society for the Promotion of Science and Technology Commercialization, Shanghai Modern Service Industry Federation and is co-organized by EU-China Municipal Development Commission, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, and Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology. The Seminar is undertaken by Shanghai Jiading Industrial Zone and Shanghai Chase Financial Valley Group Co., Ltd. The Seminar aims to be recognized by society because of its authoritative, international and professional features and is set on becoming the high-level think tank that tackles with important issues such as the reforms concerning the policies of China’s scientific industry and financial innovation, and sci-tech commercialization in the new age etc.

Before the Seminar, Mr. ZHANG Yi met with Mr. LIN Zhenxiong, Chairman of the Board of Shanghai Chase Financial Valley Group Co., Ltd. Mr. ZHANG Yi congratulated Mr. LIN on the holding of the high-level seminar by Shanghai Chase Financial Valley Group. Mr. ZHANG Yi said, scientific industry and financial innovation would guide the development of the world in the future; therefore, it would be necessary for the concerned parties to gather the wisdom from different parts and ECMDC would be ready to introduce the high-level European think tank in the future and jointly participate in the organization of the Seminar. Mr. LIN Zhenxiong extended his gratitude to Mr. ZHANG Yi’s words and indicated his willingness of constructing China-Europe high-level think tank along with ECMDC by virtue of the platform, EU-China (Shanghai) Sci-Tech Financial Center in the future.

Mr. ZHANG Yi and Mr. LIN Zhenxiong (Middle), Ms. Ingrid JIANG (Right Two), Mr. Henrich Guntermann (Left), Mr. Antonio Stefano (Right)

Mr. Henrich Guntermann at the Seminar

At the Seminar, the authoritative experts in the related fields had expounded their avant-garde opinions as for the development of China’s scientific industry and financial innovation. Mr. Henrcih Guntermann gave the keynote speech entitled as The Synergy of Sino-European Sci-Tech Financial Cooperation. Mr. Guntermann explicated the ways and methods concerning the sci-tech financial cooperation between China and Europe from various aspects. His speech had won the full recognition and thunderous applauses from the audiences. 

The Related Links:

中国科技产业4.0与金融创新路在何方?

Where is the road for China’s Scientific Industry 4.0 and Financial Innovation?

http://toutiao.com/i6293844908272779777/

“中国科技产业4.0与金融创新研讨会”隆重召开

The Successful Holding of China’s Scientific Industry 4.0 and Financial Innovation

http://www.ceweekly.cn/2016/0606/153296.shtml

Annex 1:

The Synergy of Sino-European Sci-Tech and Financial Cooperation

Henrich Guntermann

CEO of European Consortium of Technology Transfer

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good afternoon!

It is my great honor to be invited by Mr. ZHANG Yi, Chairman of EU-China Municipal Development Commission (ECMDC) to attend The Summit Forum of China Sci-Tech Industry 4.0 and Financial Innovation, which is held at Chase Shanghai Financial Valley. It is my great pleasure to have a chance to confer with the present audiences from different circles on the issue of Sino-European sci-tech and financial cooperation. As CEO of European Consortium of Technology Transfer (ECTT), I am quite willing to air my own understanding and viewpoints on the concerned topics from European perspectives and visions. I sincerely hope my personal opinions can lay the foundation for the consensus concerning the in-depth cooperation between European and Chinese enterprises in the future.

As any Europeans who are concerned with emerging markets, I have come across lots of new words when I am reading the reports on China’s economy, such as “One Belt, One Road”, “Supply-side Reform”, “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, and “Craftsmanship”. In my opinion, these words are new while being old. They are new, because these words are the necessary measures adopted by the Chinese government to incessantly adjust the development model of China in order to realize the sustainability against the new economic background. They are old, because these words are quite familiar to me, a German entrepreneur. Probably, the present audience might have known that, Silk Road, this term was firstly brought up by Mr. Ferdinand von Richthofen, the German geologist. Now, in Western countries, “One Belt, One Road” is sometimes literally translated as New Silk Road. In the meanwhile, I am very proud that Germans are well-known in the world by their “Craftsmanship”, and their capability of “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. I am also delighted to find the smooth and good development of Sino-European relations. Our Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will begin her ninth and tenth visits to China in June and September of this year. Our President, Joachim Gauck, also visited China in March, 2016 and had a hearty talk with President XI Jinping on the issue of the close bilateral partnership.

These facts prove that the ancient Silk Road is to connect the amazing Oriental China with the faraway Occidental Europe through the commodities; while today, the convenience of communication devices and the swiftness of transportation means have rejuvenated the ancient Silk Road. The mutual understanding and the mutual demands for development between Europeans and Chinese have made the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21^st-century Maritime Silk Road possible, which are promulgated by the Chinese government. Within the framework of the concept of New Silk Road, Sino-European cooperation is of vital importance.

The importance of Sino-European cooperation lies in the following facts.

Firstly, there exists the complementarity between Europe and China. Europe is the original place of the world’s modern civilization and the birthplace of the world’s industrial civilization as well. Europe witnesses the whole process of the development of human industrial civilization. During the process of its industrialization over hundreds of years, Europe possesses the solid foundation of industries and the complete, advanced R & D and manufacturing capabilities. Broadly speaking, European technology of today takes the lead in the world. After nearly thirty years of reform and open-up, China has miraculously become the second largest economy in the world with stunning economic achievements. However, it should not be denied that the accumulation of technical R & D can’t be achieved in a sprint. What, in fact, is needed is the devoted work of several generations. Henceforth, there exists the natural complementarity and the perfect match between advanced European technologies and vast Chinese market. The close partnership will surely bring forth win-win.

Secondly, there exists no fundamental conflict of interests between Europe and China and there is no obstacle to the cooperation in the true sense. The far distance of thousands of miles between Europe and China does have caused the inconveniences for people-to-people communication, while it also has obviated many potential conflict of interests. For quite a long time, Chinese are learning from European experiences, while Europeans are admiring the ancient history of China. In the meanwhile, China and Europe are dedicated to the common cause of the diversification of the world and are willing to make their own contribution to the global developments. We share the same objectives of development.

Thirdly, Europe and China are in pursuit of the innovative development model in order to cope with their own issues. As we all know, science and technology are consistently the key that decides the core competitiveness of a nation. In the age of internet, the communication between different nations is extremely convenient, which means, the integration between science, technology and the market is tighter and tighter. Henceforth, we witness the emergence of the new world development model. That is, while science and technology are improving the competitiveness of a nation, there should be a sufficient capacity of market to realize the sustainability of the follow-up R & D. During the process that the technologies and respective markets are tightly matched, the finance will bring its leverage function to the full play. So, to head the virtuous interaction between technology and finance will create the core competitiveness of a nation.

There is no wonder that, when Mr. ZHANG Yi told me that ECMDC and Chase Shanghai Financial Valley Group Co., Ltd had made the joint efforts of creating EU-China (Shanghai) Sci-Tech Financial Center (the Center) and I was welcome to join in, words fail me to express my excitement and expectations. As I have mentioned before, the advanced European technology, the vast Chinese market, the global financial leverage, when these three elements are mixed together, there will be endless possibilities.  When I ran the proposal in my network by representatives from the Federal Government, selected German State Governments and contacts in the financial community, the feedback was very positive. They are quite ready to see that ECMDC can actively play its function of being a platform of European NGO and promote the bilateral regional economic development through the synergy of Sino-European sci-tech and financial cooperation.

In the down-to-earth spirit, I hereby expound my own plan for the specific cooperation.

ECTT, where I work for now is registered and set up in Luxembourg, the financial center of Europe and the second largest investment fund center in the world. ECTT has two branches in Germany and Belgium. The purpose of its layout is to make the full use of the technical advantages of Germany, the financial advantages of Luxembourg and the regional advantages of Belgium, the Headquarters of EU with a view to converging sci-tech, financial, political and economic powers. Henceforth, ECTT and ECMDC will jointly introduce the following resources and business lines into the Center:

The first one is the sci-tech innovation showcase of European countries. We will work with the federal states of Germany and other regional governments of EU Member States to open the showcase of SMEs of their countries and attract European start-up companies with the mature technologies to settle down here.

The second one is the exchange platform for the cooperation with European financial investment institutions. We will cooperate with leading European banking institutions like UBS and Deutsche Bank and also European investment funds of different sorts in order to gather the related resources for EU-China Sci-Tech Financial Park.

The third one is the two-way showcase base of Sino-European cooperation. When we have accumulated the mature management experiences and found the successful operation model, we will promote the establishment of the counterpart of the Center in Europe with a view to realizing the two-way integration cooperation.

A Chinese saying goes, “action speaks louder than words”. I firmly believe that in the near future, we will cooperate with each other with the whole-hearted devotion and jointly select the advanced and high-quality European technologies in order to boost the local economy through various and innovative forms including technology transfer. We will seek the sci-tech and financial innovation model that is in line with the development trend of the new global economy. I believe, the joint efforts of the concerned parties will present our own solution plan to the issue of the global sci-tech financial innovation. 

Thank you!

Annex 2:

European Consortium for Technology Transfer (ECTT) is registered and established in Luxembourg, European financial center and the second largest investment fund center in the world and has branches in Germany and Belgium. The mission of ECTT is to select the advanced and high-quality European technologies in order to boost the local economy through various and innovative forms including technology transfer. It aims to seek the sci-tech and financial innovation model that is in line with the development trend of the new global economy.

Annex 3:

Mr. Henrich Guntermann, German entrepreneur received his medical doctorate at the Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany. He also received Master Degree of Science in Biology, with specialization in pharmacology/toxicology and human genetics. Mr. Guntermann has more than 15 years of experience in the life sciences sector (including business development, restructuring and corporate financing) and has been founders and CEOs of several successful companies. At varying stages of his career, he has established the close connection with European Commission, the United Nations Industry Development Organization (UNIDO) and the governments of EU Member States. Now, he is CEO of European Consortium for Technology Transfer (ECTT), the organization that is devoted to the win-win cooperation through the synergy of advanced European technology and the emerging markets including China.